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Who do individual rights belong to?
a person regardless of personal characteristics
Who do collective rights belong to?
A specific group- may share characteristics such as gay rights, workers rights etc
What are often sacrificed for collective rights?
Individual rights
What are 5 key individual rights?
Right to freedom of expression
Right to Privacy
Right to demonstrate
Right to strike
Rights protection through legislation
What did the collation scrap in 2010, protecting individual rights?
Scrapped plans for compulsory ID cards
In 2011 what did the coalition state DNA bases must do?
Must destroy finger prints if those not convicted
What piece of legislation has protected individual rights?
HRA 1998
What laws does the UK have that restrict freedom of expression?
Restrictive liable laws- if we say something untrue we can be sued for liable- parliamentary privilege- politicians in Westminster cannot
What has led to the increase use of curtailing rights ?
The need for national security
What has the government pressured WhatsApp to do?
allows police to access cryptic messages
What did the investigatory powers act 2016 allow police to do?
Access personal data of devices
How did the CoronaVirus Act infringe on individual rights?
gave police unprecedented rights to break up demonstrations - eg Sarah Everard vigil broken up by police
What two pieces of legislation were introduced to limit the right to protest ?
Police Crime and Sentencing Act 2022
Public order Act (May 2023)
Which Act means that unions have to have a ballot vote in order to strike?
Trade Union Act 2016
What can gov do due to a lack of entrenched constitution ?
Scrap rights protected through legislation such as HRA
What is the government planning to replace HRA with?
Bill of rights-
In what way has the Freedom Of Information Act been narrowed/reduced in scope?
Reduced the number of public bodies the public has access to such as royal correspondence
What should minorities be free from?
hate crime (collective rights)
What was the Scottish parliament the first in England to do?
Include Trans people in hate speech 2022
What has the government done to protect the community from terrorism?
Extension of detention without trial
Teaching of British values
Increase in counter terrorism spending
anti-terrorism laws
what does the 2022 policing act allow police to do?
Break up noisy protests- protects community right to be free from disturbance
Who has attacked the rights culture in England?
Anti-woke beliefs
what has not been counted as hate speech due to the conservatives ?
Misogyny
what was the consequence of internment without trial in Ireland in the 1970s?
increased community tension and terrorism
Who’s rights are infringed on by the right of community to be free from inconveniences from strikes/demonstrations ?
The rights of employees are infringed over rights of employers
What collective right is in conflict with the individual right of freedom of expression?
right to be free from hate speech
What collective right is in conflict with the right to privacy?
Right for the community to be safe from terrorism
What collective right is in conflict with the individual right to demonstrate ?
rights of a community to be free from disturbance
What collective right is in conflict with the individual right to strike ?
Community expecting good public services
What did the 2018 Asher’s Bakery Case uphold?
Upheld Individual right of freedom of conscience- baker did not have to make cake with “support gay marriage” on- however affected collective right of LGBTQ to have same access to public services
What is the balance between individual/collective rights dependent on?
Circumstances (Covid/terrorism)
The party in power
What did the May 2023 Public Order Act give the police the right to do?
gave police greater powers to crack down on protest tactics such as those being used by climate protestors.
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